Fourth Sunday of Easter – A
The Twenty-Third Psalm speaks of God as “my shepherd.” Jesus expresses the sameconcern for us when He describes Himself as the “shepherd of the sheep.”Jesus…
Third Sunday of Easter – A
On the afternoon of Easter, two of Jesus’ disciples were walking to Emmaus, avillage about seven miles away from Jerusalem (Luke 24:13-35). The Risen Jesusapproaches…
Second Sunday of Easter – A
During the canonization of the Polish visionary, Sister Faustina Kowalska, on April 30,2000, St. John Paul II announced that the Second Sunday of Easter would becelebrated as…
Easter Sunday – A
Was it necessary that Jesus rise in His human body? Was there any reason that Heneeded a human body? Couldn’t He have just returned to…
Good Friday
The Passion and death of Jesus reveals God’s love for us, according to ThomasAquinas: “We could thus see how much God loved us, and so…
Passion (Palm) Sunday
Why did Christ suffer the Passion? St. Thomas Aquinas believes that the Passion wasnot absolutely necessary as God could have done otherwise but it was…
Fourth Sunday of Lent
We may share the disciples’ assumption that the difficulties of our lives are punishmentsfor something that we have done. However, Jesus tells the disciples that…
Third Sunday of Lent
The woman of Samaria is surprised to find a Jewish man at the well because Jewsavoided Samaritans. This well was traced by the local people…
Second Sunday of Lent
Years ago, we took our very sweet aunt Peggy out for breakfast. We forgot to tell herwhere we were going. When we parked the car,…
First Sunday of Lent – Year A
Why was Jesus tempted? Matthew, Mark and Luke place the temptations between theBaptism and the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. The Gospels tell us that, after…